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"Everything I went through in life went through my mind at the moment of winning": Linoy Ashram in an interview

The faith ("I knew I could beat the Abrina sisters"), the support ("I realized how many people want my success"), the fallen film ("I said to myself - Linoy, to the end"), and the moment it all erupted.

The new Olympic champion celebrates and sends a message: "Keep dreaming"

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Saturday, 07 August 2021, 19:00

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Linoy Ashram on the podium with the gold medal (courtesy of the Sports Channel)

Expectations were on her shoulders, but we had enough athletes who collapsed below expectations.

In fact, any medal would have been welcome, even a bronze given the dominance of Russian sisters Dina and Arena Avrina in the artistic gymnastics industry in recent years.

And in the end, Linoy Ashram rake in all the cash and went out with the gold.

It started yesterday (Friday) with a few moments of anxiety in the qualifying round, when a bad hoop exercise threatened to leave her out of the final, but the big star of the Israeli delegation to the Tokyo Olympics lifted herself with an excellent series of exercises that lifted her to third place.

Today, from the opening of the final competitions at 9:30 Israel time until the moment of the coronation at 12:26, ​​Ashram displayed a mesmerizing ability, with the Israeli Nicole Zelikman on the list, who finished in seventh and honorable place.

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Linoy Ashram (Photo: GettyImages, Laurence Griffiths)

In the hoop exercise Ashram starred this time with a score of 27.550 which sent her to first place, then further raised the level with an amazing score of 28.300 in the ball exercise, and also excelled in the bat exercise with a mighty 28.650.

In the exercise of the last film, a score of 23,300 was enough for her to conquer the top of the podium in front of Dina Avrina with a total score of 107,800 compared to 107,650 for the legendary Russia, which later accused the judges of preferring Israelis.

But protests from the Russian side no longer interested Ashram, who was moved to tears at the moment of the coronation, who awarded her first Olympic medal at the age of 22, and Israel a fourth medal in Tokyo, and a second gold.

At Ashram's home in Rishon Lezion, the celebrations began when the medal was promised and even before it was determined to be gold, where Ima Hedva announced: "We knew she would be Nadia Komanch of Israel," and then in an exciting phone call told Linoy: ".

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Flair: Medal Celebrations at Linoy Ashram's Family Home (Photo: Niv Aharonson, Video Editing: Tal Reznik)

"I knew I could beat the Abrina sisters," Ashram told Walla! Sports after winning and becoming an Olympic champion, bringing a historic medal to Israel in artistic gymnastics. "I knew it was possible," she says, "but really it was not in my head as a top goal. I knew I was coming to Tokyo to take out a medal, its color did not matter to me. I worked very hard for this medal. Many, many years of work and I am happy Now we see that hard work has ultimately led to this achievement. "

Everyone analyzed your competition in the days before. Will you be under too much pressure? Can you transcend? Then came the day of the competition and what did you feel?

"I got up well on this day, especially after the qualifying day. Ayelet (Sussman, the coach, YT) came to me and said: 'I am with you no matter what. You just have to come focused and it will happen.' She gave me the confidence that I can "To do that. What also helped me was that I knew how many people wanted my success."

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"A true athlete needs to know how to recover after a fall."

Linoy Ashram (Photo: Reuters)

Ashram won support before the competitions. She was Israel's great hope. We were already in this movie of "The Great Hope". But we were not in the film, literally, of Linoy Ashram. "I got back from a lot of people, including my sponsors. People contacted me and told me that no matter what happens and what I do in the competition, they love me. It helped me. I must say that it helped me a lot to think that whatever is here in Tokyo, love for me will remain very great. ".

You were eighth in the round and your big competitor Dina Avrina was tenth. You had to wait and see her exercise. It must have been very difficult.

"There was also music in the background in the hall, booms like that, and that added to the tension. All that was needed was loud drums. The moment I waited for Dina Abrina's result was probably the most stressful moment of my life. I waited to see what her score would be to know where I was ranked. "Her score and I realized that I was the Olympic champion, I burst into tears. I remember that well."

What should be said today to all the young girls who see you as a role model?

"Keep dreaming. Do what you love. Work hard and you will succeed."

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"I did not look at others."

Dina Avrina (Photo: GettyImages, Jamie Squire)

You started the qualifying day with the hoop exercise which was not good.

How did you elevate yourself after that to three excellent exercises that got you to the finals?

"It measures the strength of an athlete. A real athlete needs to know how to recover after a fall. This is a very important trait for any athlete if he wants to be an Olympic champion. A real athlete needs to know how to reset himself and it is also important to have the right people. My coach Ayelet knew to tell me everything. "A moment and every step what to tell me. She knew how to reset me."

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Did it make you angry?

"I didn't look at others. Just at what I had to do. I only looked at my grades."

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"This is of course the happiest moment of my life."

Ashram when she realized she had won gold (Photo: Reuters)

What was the first thing you thought of when you realized you won gold?

"Everything I went through in life went through my head, but I just burst into tears and hugged Ayelet. This is of course the happiest moment of my life. As a child I dreamed of being at the Olympics. Just getting to the Olympics. I never dreamed of winning a medal and I never dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion. ".

During the competition, did you realize that you were on your way to a medal?

"This is exactly the thing, I know how to detach myself from the thought of the medal while competing. I go up to every exercise to do my best without thinking about the end result. But yes, after the third device I knew I was in the top and that I was in the top three, "The competition. When the film fell through in the last exercise I immediately thought that I must pick it up immediately and finish the exercise in the cleanest way possible. I knew that if I did not make another mistake, I would get a high score. I quickly took the film and said to myself: 'Linoy, to the end'."

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